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A woman holding a sword and the scales of justice; representing jurisprudence. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560-1569Reference: 25880i- Pictures
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Above, black Greek lidded pouring vessel with a round body and a long spout; below, lid decorated with the head of a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565697iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Archives and manuscripts
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M0009194: Pestle and mortar
Date: 17 August 1945Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/80/79Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0009195: Two pestle and mortars
Date: 17 August 1945Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/80/80Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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Garçon et fille hermaphrodites vus et dessinés d'après nature par un des plus célébres artistes et gravés avec tout le soin possible pour l'utilité des studieux.
Date: 1773- Pictures
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Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
Reference: 21495i- Books
The human body : a short account of the anatomical arrangement & physiological functions of the various organs of the human body / by Owen Lankester.
Lankester, Owen.Date: [1892]- Books
Eroticism and the body politic / edited by Lynn Hunt.
Date: [1991], ©1991- Pictures
Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
Date: 1555Reference: 24653i- Pictures
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Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999?]Reference: 750000i- Pictures
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Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.
Reference: 18549i- Archives and manuscripts
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Collection of medical treatises
Benedictus Hermannus de BulachDate: 1464-1474Reference: MS.167- Archives and manuscripts
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Compendium of medical and surgical texts (Miscellanea Medica XXIV)
Date: Early 15th CenturyReference: MS.550Part of: Bacon Frank Manuscript Collection, and associated material- Books
The human body : a short account of the anatomical arrangement & physiological functions of the various organs of the human body : [illustrated by diagrams and a colored mannikin] / by Owen Lankester.
Lankester, Owen.Date: [1892]- Pictures
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A horse: side view, surrounded by a decorative border of bridles, stirrups and horseshoes etc. Coloured lithograph after Griffiths, 1860/1900 (?).
Griffiths.Date: [1860/1900?]Reference: 570736i- Pictures
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A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.
Reference: 21329i- Pictures
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Japanese funeral customs: two attendants wearing loin-cloths place the body of a dead man in a round wooden vessel while a third prepares to open a large box to receive the body. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
Date: 1880Reference: 565779i- Books
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The works of that famous chirurgeon Ambrose Parey / translated out of Latin ; and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson ; together with three tractates concerning the veins, arteries, and nerves: exemplified with large anatomical figures. Translated out of Adrianus Spigelius.
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.Date: MDCLXXVIII. [1678]- Pictures
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An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
Date: 1685Reference: 25120i- Pictures
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The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.
Reference: 20009i- Pictures
Bartholomaeus Eustachius (1520-1574) performing an anatomical dissection before several observers, in an anatomy theatre decorated with an articulated skeleton. Engraving, 1722, after P. L. Ghezzi, 1714.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755.Date: 1722Reference: 25346i- Books
A very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies, : discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therin. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French.
Date: MDCCLX- Pictures
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Description of how the HIV virus progresses to become AIDS within a burgundy and pink decorative border incorporating ghoulish heads at each corner; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669380i- Pictures
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A syringe within a no entry sign and an embracing couple with advice on how to avoid catching HIV within a burgundy and pink decorative border; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669382i- Pictures
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The eye of a woman looking through a hole in an orange triangle decorated with winged cupids, flowers and fabrics as she holds up a world globe with 2 fingers; an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1 December 1992 by the AIDS Landsforeningen MOT, Pluss, Helsedirektoratet, Folkehelsa and Helseutvalget for Homofile. Colour lithograph.
Date: 1992Reference: 676619i